Tape Bucket© is a complex and constantly evolving high-intensity sport. On first inspection Tape Bucket© may seem like a simple game developed to fill spare time; however, as you delve deeper the finer details andContinue reading
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The Galley
With more than forty people onboard, we take some feeding, especially since many of us have big appetites after a long day’s work. Three meals a day, meat available at all meals, as well asContinue reading
Games at Sea (part 1): What Happens during Night Shifts
At sea, we work 24 hours a day. That means we take turns on survey and dredge watches. Part of the science party do 8 hours of work with 16 hours of rest, while theContinue reading
Little Bird and Magnificent Skies
Today we are going to share with you the story of Joe and a small bird (probably a storm petrel) with some selected photos of the numerous clouds and sunsets we have observed so far.Continue reading
Talks at Sea and Around the Clock Learning
Since we set sail, we have had presentations on an almost daily basis. Both the science and the cultural contents have been interesting and diverse. In the beginning, Emily, Debbie and Joe started with subjectsContinue reading
The Engine Room
Obviously, the engine room houses the engines that run the ship and emit the constant (and reassuring) hum we hear everywhere onboard, inside and out. In fact, it’s a bit of a misnomer to callContinue reading
Transitioning
Our first round of back-to-back dredging (for 11 days) came to a close with a rainbow-blessed deployment, and grew even more exciting when a pod of pilot whales joined us. The “whale watchers” took photosContinue reading
Less Rocks, More Biology and Art
Today we are sharing some photos with you that do not include rocks. The morning watch folks woke up to a decorated lab (by the night watch team) and signs that celebrated the mid-point ofContinue reading
Collecting Rocks (Dredging, Part 1)
From one perspective, dredging the ocean floor for rocks is a rudimentary undertaking – blindly dragging a rugged basket on the ocean floor to try to scoop up rocks. But in fact, dredging involves aContinue reading
Big Pillow Lavas, Clouds and Calm Seas
Dredging is going great and so far every basket has recovered lava rocks–some very big (see photos below) and some smaller, some very young and glassy, and some older and weathered. We also had aContinue reading